For my seventh cooking adventure this year I tried Eat, Live, Run’s Zucchini Pasta. It was amazing. I had never heard of mascarpone cheese, let alone cooked with it. It is pretty thick. It is a mild cheese but it tastes great with lemon. I think it is my favorite recipe yet. Maybe I am starting to get the hang of this cooking thing!?
*Pictures taken by my roommate Sarah. She is a much better photographer than me!
A few weeks ago we have the high school kick off for Student Ministries. My girls are in 9th grade this year so we are moving up to Shoreline (Watermark’s high school ministry). The kick off event for the school year was “The Draw”. It is a country and western hoedown with burgers and country dancing. We all know I was excited! I didn’t dance with any guys (male leaders meant not high school boys) but my girls did (high school boys)! It was so fun to see my girls dancing with boys (and so scary at the same time). I know I say this often, but they are getting so big! I can’t wait to see how the girls grow and mature this year and throughout high school.
Not only did a rekindle my love for Central Market this week, I also made food! Specifically my very first lasagna. I used Sarah’s mom’s recipe and it was really easy! She didn’t have it written down so I just bought the ingredients she told me to.
I used lasagna noodles, ground beef, a can of tomato sauce (small can), a jar of pasta sauce (garlic marinara), a container of cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, onion, garlic, salt and pepper.
I am not a huge fan of ricotta cheese so I was excited to try the cottage cheese as a substitute.
The other interesting thing is Sarah doesn’t cook the noodles before putting them in the baking dish. I had never heard of such a thing. The trick is to compile the lasagna and let it sit in the fridge overnight before putting it in the oven. The overnight stint is supposed to soften the noodles. I was quite skeptical but it actually worked! I had some for lunch today and the noodles were cooked through. It was genius! And quite yummy. I will be making it again!
I am sad that Starbucks has finished its summer treat receipt days. Farewell $2.17 goodness. We will meet again soon enough. Know that next summer I will be eagerly waiting for you to greet me again!
Until then, I will be joyously experiencing the other seasons starting with fall and all things pumpkin. I am getting excited and wiping the dust off all of my boots. They are ready to come out and play!
Happy Pumpkin Chai Latte Fall!*
*I realize it is not quite fall yet, but Starbucks and Einsteins have pumpkin products out so I figure it is close enough. And I really want the weather to stay fall-like so I am thinking fall thoughts.
